Description

ORMSKIRK

SD40NW VICARAGE LANE, Westhead
663-1/4/194 (North side)
30/05/73 The Old Vicarage

GV II

Vicarage, now private dwelling. c.1851, slightly altered.
Sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Slightly irregular rectangular
plan under 2-span roof. Tudor Gothic style. Two storeys and
attics, 1:2:1 windows, with gable to left and short projecting
wing to right with coupled small and large gables. This wing
incorporates the porch, which has a segmental- pointed arched
doorway with a hoodmould, a 2-light mullioned window above,
and a blank shield in the gable; and to the right the main
gable of the wing has 6-light mullion-and-transom windows at
ground and 1st floors, and a one-light attic window. The short
main range has a 2-centred arched stair-window with tracery
and stained glass, and a hoodmould with foliated stops; and
the other windows of the facade are all mostly of 2 lights,
mullioned. Left return wall has doorway at ground floor and 3
windows at 1st floor; right-hand return wall has, inter alia,
a canted bay window; rear has, inter alia, a large rectangular
bay window; all these windows in similar style. INTERIOR has
dog-legged closed string staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SD4370307179

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584915

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)